I am taking my family on a 3.5 day road trip around CO for Labor Day weekend. We will likely camp at each stop using a big four-person family tent. One of those days, I will spend hiking San Luis while the fam stays behind and explores the lower Stewart Creek drainage.

Is there sufficent space at or near the Stewart Creek TH to pitch a large family-sized tent? Thanks for any input!

Cheers,

Neil

"On the edge of the porch in the warm evening nightThrowing the bone for the dog I see two passing lightsWell, I wonder where that driver's boundIs there someone, somewhere, someway out there that I've not found"-Driving Song

The TH itself has a pretty large parking/potential camping area, but I would suggest camping at one of the pullouts you'll pass on the way to the TH. I remember there being more than one pullout within a mile or so of the TH with enough space for RVs/tents/etc.

Thank you both VERY much for the information! Since we only have one car, I want to be sure our campsite is a reasonable distance to the trailhead so I can just get up and hike. It makes me feel better if my wife and child have access to the car during the day. That said, we will need to find a spot as close to the trailhead as possible.

"On the edge of the porch in the warm evening nightThrowing the bone for the dog I see two passing lightsWell, I wonder where that driver's boundIs there someone, somewhere, someway out there that I've not found"-Driving Song

Neil-We walked right across the road, down a short slope and onto the trail out of our campsite (75 yards up from the trailhead parking lot) and simply joined the trail. You won't need a car from any of the camp sites near this trailhead.

I am taking my family on a 3.5 day road trip around CO for Labor Day weekend. We will likely camp at each stop using a big four-person family tent. One of those days, I will spend hiking San Luis while the fam stays behind and explores the lower Stewart Creek drainage.

Is there sufficent space at or near the Stewart Creek TH to pitch a large family-sized tent? Thanks for any input!

Cheers,

Neil

I have a twelve person tent that I had plenty of room to set up at the Stewart Creek TH. There are also some places within a mile or two of the TH that would work also that run pretty close to the creek and close to some of the ponds.

Seems like the times that I need a mountain the most are the times that I can not get to them.

Thank you all again. I appreciate you taking the time to help our family. This will be my two-year-old's first camping trip!

"On the edge of the porch in the warm evening nightThrowing the bone for the dog I see two passing lightsWell, I wonder where that driver's boundIs there someone, somewhere, someway out there that I've not found"-Driving Song